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Jamaica — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Jamaica, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
69.57%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -2.3% since 1990
Labor participation for Jamaica was 69.57% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 71.24% in 1990. The lowest was 60.49% in 2010 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.07% per year.
Jamaica ranks 31 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 17%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Jamaica sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 6%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
69.57%
First (1990)
71.24%
Change
-2.3%
Highest
71.24%
in 1990
Lowest
60.49%
in 2010
Average
66.31%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.07%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 69.57% |
| 2024 | 69.44% |
| 2023 | 69.47% |
| 2022 | 67.65% |
| 2021 | 65.69% |
| 2020 | 64.83% |
| 2019 | 66.97% |
| 2018 | 65.48% |
| 2017 | 65.67% |
| 2016 | 64.92% |
| 2015 | 65.5% |
| 2014 | 62.55% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.